Holder and insulator for electric fence wire



Dec. 4, 1945. D. F. HUNTER 2,390,305

HOLDER AND INSULATOR FOR ELECTRIC FENCE WIRE Filed May 15, 1944 Inventor By WW 3% Patented Dec. 4, 1945 HOLDER AND IN SULATOR FOR ELECTRIC FENCE WIRE Dean F. Hunter, Ogden, Iowa Application May 15, 1944, Serial No. 535,667 1 Claim. (Cl. 174-156) My invention relates to improvements in combined holders and insulators for attaching electric fence wire to a fence post, the primary object in view being to provide a simply constructed,

so that the wire holder.

Another object is to and insulator for such provide a combined holder wire which may be quickly attached to a fence post and locked in holding position by such attachment, and is inexpensive to manufacture and replace.

Other and subordinate objects are prehended by my invention, all of gether with the pos Figure 2 is a view in vertical section taken on the line 2-2 of Figure 1. I

Referring to the drawing by numerals, my improved holder and insulator, in the preferred embodiment illustrated, comprises a frame I including a pair of flat bars 2, 3, of any suitable metal, pivoted together at one end, as at 4, and having the opposite free ends thereof apertured, as at 5, said bars being oppositely bowed, relaclose the frame and impart thereto an oval form, or swung from each other to open said frame. The pair of bars 2, 3 carry thereon a pair of glass, or porcelain, blocks 6, 1 of less width than the length of said bars and through which the bars extend, as shown in dotted linesin Figure 1, with said blocks centered thereon between the ends of the bars and suitably secured thereto.

The blocks 6, 1 are provided with a pair of opposed wire-confining grooves 8, 9 which extend across opposed faces of said blocks in the transverse center 01' the blocks and are of semi-elliptical form transversely. The grooves 8, 9 are adapted to mate when the frame I is closed to form a transversely elliptical wire-confining channel completely closed at its sides. block I or 6, as the one side of the groove with a lip III extending towardthe other block and adapted to lent in a Each complemental recess II in the other block when the frame I is closed. The lips 10 and complemental recesses II are staggered to dispose the same upon opposite sides of the median plane of the blocks 6, 1. The blocks 6, I are provided with tapered top and bottom portions I 2, I3 so that said blocks may easily shed moisture.

The manner in which the described holder and insulator is applied and used 'will be readily understood. The frame I is opened, in the manner already described, to separate the blocks 6, I so that a wire W may be inserted between said blocks to be enveloped by the grooves 8, 9 when said frame is closed. When the frame I is closed, it is attached to-a fence post I4 by nailing through the registering apertures 6 of the bars 2, 3. as shown at I5. As will be seen, by virtue of the specified arrangement of lips l0 and recesses II, the wire confined between the grooves 8, 9 cannot slip or work out from between the blocks 6, 1.

The foregoing will, it is believed, suflice to impart a clear understanding of my invention without further explanation.

Manifestly, the invention, as described, is susceptible of modification without departing from the inventive concept, and right is herein reserved to such modifications as fall within the scope of the appended claim.

What I claim is:

A holder and insulator for attaching fence wire to a post comprising a frame including a pair of bars pivoted together at one end for swinging toward and from. each other to open and close the frame, respectively, said bars being oppositely bowed relatively whereby said frame when closed is of oval form, said barshaving free ends provided with apertures therein adapted to register when the frame is closed and for the passage of a spike therethrough for securing the frame to a fence post, and a pair of blocks of insulation material through which said bars extend whereby said blocks are mounted on said bars, respectively, 

